On 08May2002 02:36PM (-1000), Liam R. E. Quin wrote:
>
> Of course, Unix shell users have another set... as do vi users.
>
> The first question to ask is this:
> [1] To what extent is it acceptable to disenfranchise Unix programmers
> and experienced Unix users?
>
> An environment that's hostile to these people may lose
> developers.
Experienced Unix users are educable to a surprising extent. Although I
will admit I have not yet given up emacs in my new life as a Mac
weenie.
> [2] How can such users be accommodated?
>
> For example, loadable key-binding sets? That can make it hard for
> people staffing help desks or sharing a desktop.
Gtk+ supports keybinding themes.
> [3] Could a mechnism for [2] help users of other systems too, such
> as Macintosh, Windows, CDE, OpenWin, etc?
These systems are pretty consistent with each other for common
keybindings, actually.
- Maciej